14th Annual

Marquette Area Blues Fest

Alligator Records Recording Artist Toronzo Cannon

Labor Day Weekend – Sept. 1st-3rd 2017

Mattson Lower Harbor Park- Marquette,MI

Come to Marquette, MI for the 2017 Marquette Area Blues Fest.

A full weekend of the best in the blues in the fantastic setting on the shore of beautiful Lake Superior. Featuring the top blues acts from Austin, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and all points in between.

Plus workshops, a wide selection of food vendors and a beer and wine tent featuring some Upper Michigan’s finest microbrews and more!

The Marquette Area Blues Society endorses the designated driver program. If you choose to drink, drink responsibly. Do not drink and drive.

We want you to have fun, but keep in mind “Public Drunkenness” or “Public Nuisance” will not be tolerated. You may be escorted off of the site. Anyone underage caught drinking will be prosecuted.

No illegal drugs on-site. Officials will be contacted. Anyone underage caught with illegal drugs on-site will be prosecuted.

The Marquette Area Blues Society is not responsible for damaged, lost or stolen items.

The Marquette Area Blues Society is not responsible for personal injuries or death.

No loitering outside the festival gates. The Marquette Area Blues Society has rented this entire park from the City of Marquette for the weekend.

Volunteers are needed for clean up Sunday night & tear down Monday!

Gate & Security Information

Please be ready to be searched before entrance through the gate. Security will want you to take out your lawn chairs from any canvas bags, large bags and purses are discouraged. Umbrellas will need to be opened. We thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

Security needs to see entrance wristbands on festival goers wrists. This will help us! If your wristband is not in plain site on your wrist, you may be escorted off the grounds. So please keep your entrance wristband provided at the gate in plain sight throughout the weekend.

General Site Information

The festival will take place rain or shine. Lawn chairs and blankets are welcomed for festival seating. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. However, please be mindful of others around you (if you have lawn chairs, do not sit down directly in front of someone on a blanket). We will have first-aid available on site — however, emergencies should be reported immediately to security.

FRIDAY NIGHT! Flat Broke Blues Band closes out the first night of the Log Jam Music Festival at the Silver Lake Campground in Channing, MI. Downbeat at 9:00pm. Come on down to this cool music event just down the road on M-95. #flatbrokebluesband #realmichiganblues